Had get out of jail free card ... and had seen Z classic view of Illiouette frostied upa few weekends ago and had to... Tanks to Death Valley Steve for original posty on this.You'll quickly ... or maybe not so... find out if this hike is for you.

Actually wanted to re-create some old pictures from stereographs. Unfortunately gettinginto Tuloowack Grotto deemed not worth putting crampons on for and chancinga 5lb chunk o ice come a crashing down and ending things.

Anywho. Too Faux Toes:

Make a photosynth thingie... it's ok... needs more work...Illiloutte Fall and Gorge Photosynth(it killed some trees) (check out the monster truck rock perched above) (dangit.. now want to go see that from above)

Anywho.

Have fun out der

o... DavidK... hiked the Old Wawona Road from Alder to Wawona CG... you gonna LOVE it.

Quotechick-on
Had get out of jail free card ... and had seen Z classic view of Illiouette frostied upa few weekends ago and had to... Tanks to Death Valley Steve for original posty on this.You'll quickly ... or maybe not so... find out if this hike is for you.....

.....(it killed some trees)....

OK. Now you've got me wound up again. What killed some trees? The ice? The big rock? Your camera?

I didn't realize that there was a great amphitheater up there. Now I'll have to go. In the Spring. The only time that I have been up in that gorge, I was turned back by a combination of huge boulders and a raging creek. Do you have some route that is up and away from the creek in that section? Or did you climb on the giant icy boulders in the creek? Or was there a snow bridge?

Quotewherever
OK. Now you've got me wound up again. What killed some trees? The ice? The big rock? Your camera?

I didn't realize that there was a great amphitheater up there. Now I'll have to go. In the Spring. The only time that I have been up in that gorge, I was turned back by a combination of huge boulders and a raging creek. Do you have some route that is up and away from the creek in that section? Or did you climb on the giant icy boulders in the creek? Or was there a snow bridge?

I thought I'd have you wound up on the Old Wawona comment.

Killed some trees... I was just talking about the Photosynth link... if you look closely...something is seriously wrong with a couple of the trees

You have no choice but to cross at least a bit of creek with a decent amount of water flowing.In spring... as you found out... it's just not happening... truth of the matter is... I moved a logwith my hurculian strength and then constructed a bat hook with a rope to avoid gettingmy flippers wet (wife said I should bring my scuba booties... but I forgot them in the car)(along with leaving my window open for the day) (guess I'm getting old) (hey the car waslocked though)

There's a grotto way up yonder... I'll post the picture of the couple of old photos was going forwhen have more time.

Balz,Just want to point out that very little water was in the creek when you went there.Believe me... no way would you be crossing the creek right now. Water very closeto freezing. Flowing pretty decent.I looked at your photos ... and you can compare the gorge and waterfall down belowto this photosynth:http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=52dde02f-6f25-40f4-a961-18f1293338a9The waterfall is a good ... I'd say 40 ft. and the boulder below it is bus size.

If you crop the non-zoom replica photo of the stereograph you'll get dang close to the original (minus the trees in the foreground). You did a fantastic job matching your photo with the stereograph!

And for everyone who haven't done so already, view the chick-on's two videos of Illilouette Fall on YouTube so you can view them in Full Screen 1080 HD. When filming any scenes with snow, 1080 HD makes a huge and noticeable difference in the video. Both the snow and falling water pop out in 1080 HD! Just love those two videos. Freaking awesome!

Fantastic! Do you know if the Tuloowack Grotto is easily accessible? I had thought that you were talking about something under and behind the falls, but that stereograph shows otherwise. It looks to be pretty high up on the wall....

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Fantastic! Do you know if the Tuloowack Grotto is easily accessible? I had thought that you were talking about something under and behind the falls, but that stereograph shows otherwise. It looks to be pretty high up on the wall....

Wait. Is it that black thing that you can sort of see next to the talus?

Quotewherever
Fantastic! Do you know if the Tuloowack Grotto is easily accessible? I had thought that you were talking about something under and behind the falls, but that stereograph shows otherwise. It looks to be pretty high up on the wall...

I'm pretty certain that it is way up yonder on that snow field. I was headed up that way.(take a look at the video above)I think there may actually be a cave there too. Tried really hard on 4 Mile/Panny trip with wifein November to spy it. I think I see what looks like a hole in the wall there but really hard to tell.

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great picture as usual. gonn have to look for that cave this summer

Hopefully it doesn't disappoint. Try to get the same shot as the stereograph.

For fun... here's one of the crux spots on my way up... the rock there iseasily 4 ft. tall. Moved that log from behind me to in the creek there tohelp me get my booty up. The surface of the rock could easily hold aparty on. A couple other spots were a bit tricky but beyond there andbefore... just boulder hopping (def. was not hiking in the creek though)(way too much water) (and near freezing temp)With spring runoff... you're just not getting thru here.

Thanks, chick-on! Of COURSE I love it! Looks fairly clear at that point...where exactly was this taken (looks like it should be very easy to find the OWR here which, as you know, is not always an easy feat!)

Although we probably should continue this on another thread since we are nowhere near the topic of this thread (either geographically or in type-of-hike) now!

I haven't thoroughly researched this, but is there a non-technical route down to the base of Illilouette Fall from anywhere along the Panorama Trail?

Looking at the nearby craggy cliff walls on the westside near Illilouette Fall, I thought there might have been at least a Class 3 route and scramble, or at worst, a Class 4 route down from somewhere off the Panaroma trail. Though if it's Class 3 or 4, it might be a route safer to ascend from the base of the waterfall, than to descend to the base of the waterfall.